Charged pion anisotropy in relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions

Autor: J. Marroncle, D. L'Hôte, J. Gosset, M.C. Lemaire, M. Demoulins, Y. Terrien, L. Fraysse, Gerard Montarou, C. Cavata, J. Augerat, A. Le Merdy, M.J. Parizet, B. Lucas, Ph. Gorodetzky, P. Charmensat, R. Babinet, A. Rahmani, J. Poitou, F. Brochard, J. P. Alard, O. Valette, H. Fanet, C. Racca, Nicole Bastid, Pascal Dupieux
Přispěvatelé: Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire - Clermont-Ferrand (LPC), Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherches Subatomiques (IReS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Cancéropôle du Grand Est-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 1992
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Zdroj: Nuclear Physics A
Nuclear Physics A, Elsevier, 1992, 536, pp.767-785
Nuclear Physics A, 1992, 536, pp.767-785
ISSN: 0375-9474
Popis: The momentum distributions with respect to the reaction plane for charged pions emitted in Ne-nucleus and Ar-nucleus collisions have been measured with the 4 π detector Diogene at the Saturn synchrotron. The reaction plane is estimated from the baryon momenta, using a standard technique for flow analysis. The pions exhibit a non-zero flow. For asymmetric systems, there is a preferential emission in the direction of the lighter (projectile) nucleus. Such a behaviour contradicts the predictions of INC calculations and is underestimated by QMD calculations which include mean field effects. It can be interpreted with a simple geometrical model in terms of absorption by the spectator nuclear matter.
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